The Brookhaven leader., 1887-07-14
JuDoE WALLACE, of the United States

JUDGB WALLACE, Of the United States
Circuit Court at New York, has given a de-
cision in the case OF the United States
against General Badeau to recover Sl0,572
which it was claimed that he had Kept
while be was Consul General at London.
The result was verdict in favor Of the
General
The imports in Great Britain in June
were 91, $50, 600 less in value than in June,
1885, while the exports decreased Fl, 220, 900
for the same time.
The order against the expectation Of
horses from Germany has been revoked
Austro-hungsry will soon take the same
steps
TnE French revenue receipts IN June
were 4, 600 900 francs less than the estimates
and the half years deficit was $4,000
francs.
P. W. FAUNTLERoY, the counsel of Max
well, condemned for the murder Of Preller
in st. Louis some two years ago, has given
up all hope OF saving his client.
OSCAR J. HARVEY, late an employe of the
Treasury Department, has been arrested,
charged With defrauding the Government.
His defalcations were thought to be about
$50, 600
ADvIcEs from Palermo report further
deaths ffoln cholera. All the ports OF
Southern Europe have quarantined vessels
arriving from Sicily
SEVEN hundred of DIR. McGlynn's former
parishoners recently held a meeting at
which the Pope and chbishop Corrgan
were jeered at and threats Of excommuui-
cation defied.
THE Chronicle, of San Francisco, recently
published two pages Of letters and affida-
Wit M ba AZ q
Henry Ward Beecher, of extensive frauds
on the Government while acting as collector
Of the port of Townsend, W. T There
were also sensational charges of Beecher
being concerned in the murder of A. l..
Blake to prevent the latter divulging
Beecher's dishonesty
BUSINESS failures tDun's report) during
the seven days ended July numbered for
the United States 1856 and for Canada IS;
total, l54 against Isl for the previous week
and 119 for the corresponding week of last
year.
ENGINEER JOHN SCoTT and Fireman
James Huckish were fatally injured by the
explosion of boiler in the Excelsior mine
at Oskaloosa, Iowa, the other day. The
cause Of the explosion was unknown.
CYRUS W. FIELD published card in
New York the other morning stating that
he and Gould were on the best Of terms and
that reports to the contrary were false. He
(Field) and associates had sold Is, 900 shares
of Manhattan to Gould, but there would be
no change in the directory.
THE old National Theater at New Orleans
was burned some days ago Recently some
men were engaged in removing the debris,
when windstorm blew down one of the
walls, ihJuring nine Of the men, three prob-
ably fatally.
THE June fire record shows the largest
fire loss of any June on record excepting
June, 1871 the month of the great fire at
st. Johns, New Brunswick The total is
$40, 1872, 900 against SO, $50 600 for June, 1886,
and larger than the average of June fires
for ten years previous to 1886, by nearly
81, 100000.
WILLIAM Bowen and Miss Eunice Kin
ney, Of Palestine, Tex, were struck by
lightning while under tree the other even
ing and both killed.
THE stonecutters' strike in Little Rock,
Ark, has been compromised and the men
have resumed work.
THE tenants ON Sir Alexander Jardine's
estates in Dumfriesshlre, Scotland, have
resolved to adopt the plan of campaign,
They demand either a reduction of rents,
revaluation or release from farms at Whit
suntide. 1t was rumored that tenants on
other estates intended to take similar
action.
A SINISTER lawyer named Douglas has
been dismissed by the Secretary of the In
terror. He took an old pensioners money
and gave him a note ''not to be paid at ma
turity." Douglas was from McGregor,
Iowa
THE typesetters on the Indianapolis Jour
nal and Sentinel struck at midnight on the
sth, by this action forestalling a contem-
plated lockout.